December 2, 2009 / Front Page

Steve Redenbaugh never laced up his Chuck Taylor's professionally, and he never really earned much of a living off of coaching his daughters in the late 80's and early 90's at Owen Valley High School, but the game of basketball has been better than More...

Tips and leads took members of the Spencer Police Department, along with the Indiana State Police to the Chicago area on Monday and Tuesday, where a suspect in the October 5 robbery of Riddle Tractor Sales was served a search warrant. More...

Owen County Prosecutor Don VanDerMoere filed formal charges Tuesday against Phillip Pate and Thomas Tarrance, both of Bloomington, for their respective roles in the November 25, 2009 armed robbery of the Spencer Casey's General Store and requested More...

A Poland couple was transported by an Owen County Emergency Medical Service ambulance to Putnam County Hospital mid-morning Tuesday after flipping their vehicle while rounding a curve on State Road 42, More...

Case managers for the Rebuild Owen County Committee, formed following the flood of June 2008 to help homeowners with the process of rebuilding their lives following the disaster that left many homes in the county damaged, have conducted intakes for More...

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Offering quality Christian education for grades kindergarten through eighth, Spencer Adventist Christian School is currently accepting applications for enrollment in second semester. Open to all, bus spots are limited. More...

The recent Operation RoundUp grants provided to the community through members of South Central Indiana REMC gained appreciation and genuine thanks from local recipients in recent weeks, with SCI REMC's Operation RoundUp board of trustees awarding m More...

Owen County Commissioners The Owen County Board of Commissioners will hold public hearings Monday, December 7 at 8:30 and 8:45 a.m. in the Commissioners' Room, located on the second floor of the Owen County Courthouse. More...

Christmas is supposed to be much deeper than exchanging presents, but you wouldn't know it if you witnessed the 6 a.m. retail raid on Black Friday. It's fairly apparent that capitalism has all but conquered the season. More...

The Owen County Humane Society is now collecting used printer cartridges. The cartridges may be dropped off at the local Edward Jones office, located off of W. Morgan Street, next to the Spencer Pizza Hut. More...

From The Upper Room The World's Most Widely Read Daily Devotional Guide

Read Genesis 7 A male and female of each kind of living being went into the boat with Noah, as God had commanded. Then the Lord shut the door behind Noah. -Genesis 7:1516 (TEV) Who closed the ark's door before the torrential rains began? More...

Mrs. Mary Jane Alexander, 79, of Lebanon, passed away Friday, November 27, 2009, at Homewood Health Campus in Lebanon. Mrs. Alexander was born in Spencer, on January 31, 1930. She was the daughter of the late Frederick and Rhea Edith Clark. More...

Donald James Blanton 73, of Spencer, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Little & Sons Funeral Home in Beech Grove. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. More...